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Sailor from Oklahoma: One Man's Two-Ocean War Hardcover – Illustrated, June 1, 2009

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Sailor from Oklahoma presents the life of the enlisted seaman, both before and during the war, as seen through the eyes of a young sailor from the west, who joined the Regular Navy before Pearl Harbor. Its scope spans the twilight of peace to the final days of World War II, treating the preparation for war and the actual fighting. The perspective is that of seaman to chief petty officer, and their relations with commissioned officers of all grades. How they lived, what they felt, what were their dreams and ambitions...both for the war and afterwards. How they adapted to their new world of modern weapons and the flood of reserves who so disrupted their accustomed lives and who openly sneered at revered customs and traditions. The book is meant to portray, if not explain, the world of the professional Regular Navy man as contrasted with that of the more accepted civilian world from which they had been sequestered for so long. The wartime Reserves, by the sheer weight of their numbers, were dominant throughout the war years. The book describes what essentially a clash of cultures was in a time of great psychic and physical stress, and the effect that clash had upon the conduct of the war.
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    Naval Institute Press
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    June 1, 2009
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    6.25 x 1 x 9.25 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1591140609
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1591140603
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Floyd Beaver left Tulsa University after one year to join Navy just before the outbreak of WWII. During the war, he served in 15 different ships under four separate Admirals' Flag Allowances as signalman. He did liaison duty with both the British and French navies and served in the Pacific, as well as with North Atlantic convoys, and Mediterranean landing forces. He was promoted CSM for Meritorious Conduct in Action and awarded British Mention in Dispatches. He made a career as an advertising executive after the war. He is now retired and lives in Mill Valley, CA.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Naval Institute Press; 1st edition (June 1, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1591140609
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1591140603
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.25 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 1 x 9.25 inches
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    3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 6 ratings

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Chief Beaver's book struck a giant chord with me. He enlisted in 1939 and rose to chief signalman. I enlisted in 1959 and rose to chief quartermaster, a sister rating to signalman. While he left the Navy after six years, I stayed for 29, but that was about the only difference in our experiences. Although separated by 20 years the similarities of Navy service in that era was almost identical. We had the same skill sets, same types of ships, same traditions, the same high and same lows. Reading Beaver's book was like de ja vu all over again. I am a volunteer field admissions officer for the US Naval Academy (Blue & Gold Officer) and proud grandfather of grandsons who serve today (1 Navy, 1 Coast Guard). I give a copy of Sailor from Oklahoma to every Annapolis candidate I help. Five Stars just ain't enough! Go to the Boatswain's Locker and draw five more!
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Glenn L. Smith
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Chief Beaver's book struck a giant chord with me. He enlisted in 1939 and rose to chief signalman. I enlisted in 1959 and rose to chief quartermaster, a sister rating to signalman. While he left the Navy after six years, I stayed for 29, but that was about the only difference in our experiences. Although separated by 20 years the similarities of Navy service in that era was almost identical. We had the same skill sets, same types of ships, same traditions, the same high and same lows. Reading Beaver's book was like de ja vu all over again. I am a volunteer field admissions officer for the US Naval Academy (Blue & Gold Officer) and proud grandfather of grandsons who serve today (1 Navy, 1 Coast Guard). I give a copy of Sailor from Oklahoma to every Annapolis candidate I help. Five Stars just ain't enough! Go to the Boatswain's Locker and draw five more!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Go to the Boatswain's Locker and draw more stars!
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2021
Chief Beaver's book struck a giant chord with me. He enlisted in 1939 and rose to chief signalman. I enlisted in 1959 and rose to chief quartermaster, a sister rating to signalman. While he left the Navy after six years, I stayed for 29, but that was about the only difference in our experiences. Although separated by 20 years the similarities of Navy service in that era was almost identical. We had the same skill sets, same types of ships, same traditions, the same high and same lows. Reading Beaver's book was like de ja vu all over again. I am a volunteer field admissions officer for the US Naval Academy (Blue & Gold Officer) and proud grandfather of grandsons who serve today (1 Navy, 1 Coast Guard). I give a copy of Sailor from Oklahoma to every Annapolis candidate I help. Five Stars just ain't enough! Go to the Boatswain's Locker and draw five more!
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G. mays
2.0 out of 5 stars Not terrible but can't recommend
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2023
This book is fairly interesting, informative, and sometimes compelling but I can't recommend it for three reasons.
1. He joined a few years before Pearl Harbor so over half the book is just routine stuff telling about being in the peacetime navy, signaling, shore leave, pecking orders on a ship, etc.
2. He got sunk on the Lexington and on a small New Zealand destroyer, but he didn't mention how many people died on each one. He continues straight on to his activities the next day with hardly a thought for his deceased fellow crewmen. Most other accounts give the number killed. When the NZ ship was hit, he mentioned that he saw crewmen trapped beneath wreckage, and then he got the hell out as fast as possible, presumably without helping his shipmates. He even says that he wished that he had helped the captain, who had a head wound but apparently survived.
3. Worst of all, he brags about sleeping with a newlywed woman, and talks about it like it was just plain cool, and even says something like she is more hypocritical than he, and excuses it all by saying, "That's how things were in wartime." I find this and #2 callous and inexcusable.
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K. D. Groom
5.0 out of 5 stars Sailor From Oklahoma
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2010
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A very interesting book. One of the best navy experiences I have ever read. I can relate to much of the events.
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Vince O'Hara
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and informative memoir
Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2009
Sailor from Oklahoma is a well written memoir by a bluejacket whose service covered the pre-war navy, some of the Pacific's major carrier battles, Guadalcanal, the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. The author is intelligent and honest; he has a gift for detail and tells a good story. I ate this book up and recommend it highly.
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Pamela G. Shepard
5.0 out of 5 stars For anyone that loves the study of history.
Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2009
I have thoroughly enjoyed this book. I read history books of all ages but I have a special interest in WWII. I appreciate the honesty of this story. I recommend this book to anyone who loves history.
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